Skandapurana 7.18.89_144

7.18.89_144

manaḥ sarvamidaṃ yasmāt sādhanaṃ yogakarmaṇaḥ .
ekato manasaḥ sthāne tasmād yatnaṃ samācaret . .3 2 . .
prāṇanigrahaṇe17 dhyānaṃ prāṇāyāmamiti smṛtama .
prāṇa eva hi vāyūnāṃ sārathye vartate sadā . .. 33 . .
prāṇanigrahaṇe yogī nityamabhyāsamācaret .
uttarottarasaṃsiddhyā vāyu - - - gocare . . 34. .
jyotiḥ pravartanaṃ vidyānnityamabhyāsayojitam .
dvirapāne sakṛtprāṇe samāne ca . ' - - - . . 35 . .
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13 ajño na kampate (?), prājño - (?) . . 14 kriyātu - kha. . . 15 kālo - kha. . 16 saṃsthitā - kha. .
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Because this mind is the entire means for the practice of yoga, / one should therefore make an effort towards the mind's single place [of rest].
Meditation during the restraint of the vital breath is remembered as prāṇāyāma. / For the prāṇa breath alone always acts as the charioteer of the [other] winds.
A yogin should constantly practice the restraint of breath; / by progressive attainment, [holding] the wind in the sphere of […].
One should know the sparking of light to be constantly joined with practice: / twice in the apāna, once in the prāṇa, and in the samāna […]
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